This handbook presents and critiques predominant and emergent
traditions of Educational Action Research internationally. Now a
prominent methodology, Educational Action Research is well suited
to exploring, developing and sustaining change processes both in
classrooms and whole organisations such as schools, Departments of
Education, and many segments of universities.
The handbook contains theoretical and practical based chapters
by highly respected scholars whose work has been seminal in
building knowledge and expertise in the field. It also contains
chapters exemplifying the work of prominent practitioner and
community groups working outside universities.
The Editors provide an introduction and conclusion, as well as
an opening chapter which charts the historical development of
action research and provides an analysis of its underlying
theories. The handbook is organized into four sections, each
beginning with a short introduction:
" Action research methodology: diversity of rationales and
practices
" Professional: Knowledge production, staff development, and the
status of educators
" Personal: Self-awareness, development and identity
" Political: Popular knowledge, difference, and frameworks for
change
This is a key resource for scholars and graduate students at
doctors and masters levels, as well as school leaders and
administrators.
Susan Noffke is Associate Professor of Curriculum &
Instruction at the University of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign and
co-editor with R.B. Stevenson of Educational Action Research
(Teachers College Press, 1995). She taught at the primary school
level for a decade, and has led masters and doctoral level
coursesin action research for the past 20 years. She continues to
work with many collaborative projects with schools and school
districts.
Bridget Somekh is Professor of Educational Research at
Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. She is a founder editor of
the Educational Action Research journal and has been a co-ordinator
of the Collaborative Action Research Network (CARN) for many years.
She is co-editor of Research Methods in the Social Sciences (SAGE:
2005) and author of Action Research: a Methodology for Change and
Development (Open University Press: 2006).
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